Hmm, I could be mistaken, but I think we may have had a similar problem to this before, but pulse solved his problem. I would hope that it's just a beta glitch with Pulse, but I wouldn't have anything to back that up with.

Thanks for your reply.

Yes indeed, this issue looks like a regression. I found a closed issue describing the same problem. In that case changing 'auto' to 'dsp' solved the problem.

It does not so now but you could be right it could be a pulse beta problem.

I will recheck if the problem resolves itself with 'pulse'.

Perhaps it is a good idea to keep the matter opened until we know for sure? That way other people can still post suggestions.

Thanks...

Indeed. World of Goo may just start having Linux issues here and there as time goes by. If you can't find a solution to the problem after the next stable release of Linux, I'd say it's probably a bug in World of Goo itself, and you should try contacting 2DBoy via their form on http://2dboy.com/contact.php .

Thanks MOM4Evr,

in the meantime I am on the stable release of Ubuntu but the problem is still there.

I think I will contact 2DdBoy about the problem.

Ah, I forgot to link to this before, but another way you can try contacting them is through the Humble Bundle bug reporting form: http://goo.gl/C1tuO

Since the Bundle with World of Goo in it is over, it may or may not still even work, but it's worth a shot if they don't respond to an email from their contact form.

I am in Debian Unstable (kernel 3.2.0-2-686-pae) with World of Goo version 1.41 and I have exactly the same problem: Segmentation fault at startup and no sound if I change the sound config.

Thanks, SaintGermain, then I will not feel alone...

I contacted 2DBoy about the matter with the hints I got from MOM4Evr.

Unfortunately I did not get an answer yet.

Perhaps it helps if you try, too.

Ok will do.
For the sake of completness, here is the log output when I have the segmentation fault:

Libraries used:
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb77ba000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb778d000)
libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGL.so.1 (0xb773a000)
libGLU.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libGLU.so.1 (0xb76c7000)
libSDL-1.2.so.0 => ./libs32/libSDL-1.2.so.0 (0xb7630000)
libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0 => ./libs32/libSDL_mixer-1.2.so.0 (0xb75c9000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb74dd000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb74b7000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7359000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb77bb000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7340000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb733c000)
libglapi.so.0 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libglapi.so.0 (0xb7327000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0xb71ed000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0xb71da000)
libXdamage.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXdamage.so.1 (0xb71d7000)
libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXfixes.so.3 (0xb71d1000)
libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0xb71cc000)
libdrm.so.2 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdrm.so.2 (0xb71bf000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb71a1000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0xb7181000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0xb717e000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0xb7178000)

Output of glxinfo:
name of display: :0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4
server glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_INTEL_swap_event
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
client glx version string: 1.4
client glx extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB,
GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer, GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent,
GLX_MESA_swap_control, GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control,
GLX_SGI_make_current_read, GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync,
GLX_SGIS_multisample, GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer,
GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group, GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap,
GLX_INTEL_swap_event
GLX version: 1.4
GLX extensions:
GLX_ARB_get_proc_address, GLX_ARB_multisample, GLX_EXT_import_context,
GLX_EXT_visual_info, GLX_EXT_visual_rating, GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer,
GLX_MESA_multithread_makecurrent, GLX_MESA_swap_control,
GLX_OML_swap_method, GLX_OML_sync_control, GLX_SGI_make_current_read,
GLX_SGI_swap_control, GLX_SGI_video_sync, GLX_SGIS_multisample,
GLX_SGIX_fbconfig, GLX_SGIX_pbuffer, GLX_SGIX_visual_select_group,
GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ironlake Mobile x86/MMX/SSE2
OpenGL version string: 2.1 Mesa 7.11.2
OpenGL shading language version string: 1.20
OpenGL extensions:
GL_ARB_multisample, GL_EXT_abgr, GL_EXT_bgra, GL_EXT_blend_color,
GL_EXT_blend_logic_op, GL_EXT_blend_minmax, GL_EXT_blend_subtract,
GL_EXT_copy_texture, GL_EXT_polygon_offset, GL_EXT_subtexture,
GL_EXT_texture_object, GL_EXT_vertex_array, GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array,
GL_EXT_texture, GL_EXT_texture3D, GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip,
GL_ARB_point_parameters, GL_EXT_draw_range_elements, GL_EXT_packed_pixels,
GL_EXT_point_parameters, GL_EXT_rescale_normal,
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color, GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp,
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap, GL_SGIS_texture_border_clamp,
GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp, GL_SGIS_texture_lod, GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB,
GL_ARB_multitexture, GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB,
GL_IBM_multimode_draw_arrays, GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat,
GL_3DFX_texture_compression_FXT1, GL_ARB_texture_cube_map,
GL_ARB_texture_env_add, GL_ARB_transpose_matrix,
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, GL_EXT_fog_coord, GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays,
GL_EXT_secondary_color, GL_EXT_texture_env_add,
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic, GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias,
GL_INGR_blend_func_separate, GL_NV_blend_square, GL_NV_light_max_exponent,
GL_NV_texgen_reflection, GL_NV_texture_env_combine4,
GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays, GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp,
GL_ARB_texture_compression, GL_EXT_framebuffer_object,
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3, GL_MESA_window_pos, GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil,
GL_NV_texture_rectangle, GL_NV_vertex_program, GL_ARB_depth_texture,
GL_ARB_occlusion_query, GL_ARB_shadow, GL_ARB_texture_env_combine,
GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar, GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3,
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat, GL_ARB_window_pos, GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap,
GL_EXT_stencil_two_side, GL_EXT_texture_cube_map, GL_NV_depth_clamp,
GL_NV_vertex_program1_1, GL_APPLE_client_storage, GL_APPLE_packed_pixels,
GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object, GL_ARB_draw_buffers,
GL_ARB_fragment_program, GL_ARB_fragment_shader, GL_ARB_shader_objects,
GL_ARB_vertex_program, GL_ARB_vertex_shader, GL_ATI_draw_buffers,
GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3, GL_ATI_texture_float, GL_EXT_shadow_funcs,
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap, GL_MESA_pack_invert, GL_MESA_ycbcr_texture,
GL_ARB_depth_clamp, GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow,
GL_ARB_half_float_pixel, GL_ARB_point_sprite, GL_ARB_shading_language_100,
GL_ARB_sync, GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two, GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object,
GL_ATI_blend_equation_separate, GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate,
GL_OES_read_format, GL_ARB_color_buffer_float, GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object,
GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc, GL_ARB_texture_float,
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle, GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object,
GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc, GL_EXT_texture_rectangle,
GL_EXT_texture_sRGB, GL_ARB_framebuffer_object, GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit,
GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample, GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil,
GL_APPLE_object_purgeable, GL_ARB_vertex_array_object,
GL_ATI_separate_stencil, GL_EXT_draw_buffers2,
GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters, GL_EXT_texture_env_combine,
GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode, GL_EXT_timer_query, GL_OES_EGL_image,
GL_ARB_copy_buffer, GL_ARB_half_float_vertex, GL_ARB_map_buffer_range,
GL_ARB_texture_rg, GL_ARB_texture_swizzle, GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra,
GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects, GL_EXT_texture_swizzle,
GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra, GL_NV_conditional_render,
GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility, GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex,
GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location, GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions,
GL_ARB_provoking_vertex, GL_ARB_sampler_objects, GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map,
GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod, GL_EXT_provoking_vertex, GL_EXT_texture_snorm,
GL_MESA_texture_signed_rgba, GL_ARB_robustness

32 GLX Visuals
visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer sr ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a F gb bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x021 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x022 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x095 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x096 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x097 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x098 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x099 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x09a 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x09b 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x09c 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x09d 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x09e 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x09f 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0a0 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x0a1 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0a2 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x0a3 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0a4 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0a5 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0a6 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0a7 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0a8 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0a9 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0aa 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0ab 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0ac 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0ad 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0ae 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0af 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x0b0 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x0b1 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x064 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None

48 GLXFBConfigs:
visual x bf lv rg d st colorbuffer sr ax dp st accumbuffer ms cav
id dep cl sp sz l ci b ro r g b a F gb bf th cl r g b a ns b eat
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x065 0 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x066 0 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x067 0 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x068 0 tc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x069 0 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x06a 0 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x06b 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x06c 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x06d 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x06e 24 tc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x06f 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x070 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x071 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x072 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x073 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x074 24 tc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x075 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x076 32 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x077 0 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x078 0 tc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x079 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x07a 24 tc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x07b 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x07c 24 tc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow
0x07d 0 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x07e 0 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x07f 0 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x080 0 dc 0 16 0 r . . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x081 0 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x082 0 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x083 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x084 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x085 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x086 24 dc 0 24 0 r . . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x087 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x088 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x089 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x08a 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x08b 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x08c 24 dc 0 32 0 r . . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x08d 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x08e 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x08f 0 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x090 0 dc 0 16 0 r y . 5 6 5 0 . . 0 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x091 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x092 24 dc 0 24 0 r y . 8 8 8 0 . . 0 24 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 Slow
0x093 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 None
0x094 24 dc 0 32 0 r y . 8 8 8 8 . . 0 24 8 16 16 16 16 0 0 Slow

Solved by following the instructions here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11802779&postcount=9

So just replace the files...

Thanks SaintGermain, that did the trick!!

How did you get the answer? From 2Dboys themselves?

Likely from a Google search. Note the URL he linked. "ubuntuforums"

Thanks RedTheGreen, that really would never have come to my mind...

2DBoy didn't give that information. Just making that clear.

Hello,

Initially, I found the information here:
http://goofans.com/forum/world-of-goo/support/3529

Ubuntu and Debian having a lot in common, it is always useful to see each other problems and solutions !

Thanks again,

Ok, it seems that the deciding post is quite new (05/15/2012). I had alredy tried all the other suggestions but nothing worked.

It is still a pity that 2Dboy did not answer the question. And I wonder why the necessary files have to be downloaded from "http://2dboy.com/TopSecretTransfer/linux-libs64/". WTF, TopSecretTransfer? What is so secret about them??

But nevermind, it works perfectly now...

The file name probably is just for fun, and means that they can put all the downloadable libs and such in one place.